“取舍”关系表达法

“取舍”关系表达法

Ⅰ. prefer …to/rather than/instead of…： 表示取前者舍后者。

常译为：比较喜欢…而不喜欢…；宁愿…也不…。常用句型有：

1. prefer sth. to sth.

The heroine preferred death to surrender.

Our English teacher prefers American English to British English.

2. prefer doing sth.to doing sth. I prefer swimming to skating. She prefers walking to cycling.

3 . prefer to do sth.rather than do sth.

Amy preferred to go to the zoo rather than stay at home on Sunday. My father prefers to start early rather than take a crowded bus.

4. prefer to do sth.instead of doing sth. She prefers to walk there instead of going there by bus.

Ⅱ. rather than… 表示取前者舍后者。常用句型有：

1. would do sth. rather than do sth.用于不同动词之间的取舍。 Liu Hulan would rather die than give in .

2. would do +n. rather than +n.用于同一动词不同宾语之间的取舍。 I would rather have a cup of tea than coffee.

3. would do +prep. rather than +prep. 用于同一动词不同状语之间的取舍。

I would talk with my mother rather than with my father. 以上三种句型均译为：宁愿…也不…；另还可表示为：would rather …than …

4. rather than作连词，前后连接同类词或词组，表示两并列成分之间的取舍。常译为：与其…不如… He is a worker rather than a cadre.

She did this for others rather than for himself

Ⅲnot… but… 表示取后者舍前者。常译为：不是…而是…。常用句型有：

1. not A but B

She is not a doctor but a nurse .

2. nothing but… 更多时候被译为：只是，仅仅…

Last night ,I did nothing but watch TV.

3 . not+ that clause but +that clause

Not that she forgot to her homework , but that she was attending a sick classmate.

Ⅳeither…or… 或者…或者…\\要么…要么…,表示从两者中任取其一 。

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